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227. The mastermind behind the scenes

An afterimage flashed under the moon, and Gu Ling rushed into Su Liang's room.

When he saw Su Liang for the first time, Gu Ling breathed a sigh of relief, then noticed Gao Jiabao who was wrapped and tied up in a bed tent next to her and still struggling, as well as the mess in the room.

Most of the dishes on the table were broken to the ground, but there was still a complete box of snacks, which was made by Gao Jiabao's mother. He brought the sweet-scented osmanthus cake for Su Liang to eat.

"What's going on?" Gu Ling asked.

Su Liang raised his head and glanced at him with an ugly face, "Someone poisoned my food, but I didn't eat it. After Gao Jiabao ate it, he went crazy and wanted to kill people. I don't know what the poison is, and I don't know how to cure it."

"It's Qiu Ming." Gu Ling's voice became colder.

"You saw the black mist between his eyebrows..." Su Liang frowned. If it was Qiu Ming, Gu Ling shouldn't have seen the black mist between his eyebrows afterward, right?

Gu Ling shook his head, "No. It seems that the purpose of this poison is not to kill people."

Gu Ling became suspicious because of the sauced elbow that Qiu Ming asked him to eat, but he didn't notice the black mist between Qiu Ming's eyebrows. However, Qiu Ming gave the food to Su Liang, so he was the most suspicious.

But Gu Ling could tell that Hei Wu was going to kill someone within three days, or that someone was going to be killed within three days and didn't deserve to die. If he didn't stop the person, he would die.

Obviously, the purpose of this poisonous plot against Su Liang is not to kill her, but to destroy her...

She lives alone. If she goes crazy after taking poison, it is unimaginable how many people she will kill if she loses her mind due to her martial arts strength.

The person behind the scenes had a similar mentality to Duanmu Sheng, who had previously sent the pair of grandparents to Xunyang City to assassinate Su Liang: it was precisely because Su Liang was an upright and kind-hearted person that their evil plan could work.

Hearing the rapid footsteps outside, Su Liang asked Gu Ling to leave, "Don't let Qiu Ming escape."

After Gu Ling took another look at Gao Jiabao, whose red eyes were staring at Su Liang, he disappeared into the room without saying anything.

Su Liang had shouted for help before Gu Ling arrived, and soldiers had heard the news and came, so she asked to find someone immediately.

Lin Bojun goes home every day and is not in the military camp at the moment.

As soon as Gu Ling left, several generals from the Forbidden Army arrived one after another.

Su Liang briefly explained what happened, "This matter needs to be dealt with immediately by the Emperor Bingming and arrange for the imperial physician to come over! The man named Qiu Ming has serious suspicions, don't let him escape!"

After saying that, Su Liang pricked a certain acupuncture point on Gao Jiabao, but it was useless. Gao Jiabao did not fall asleep.

The poisoning incident in the military camp was an extremely serious situation, which indicated that spies were involved. The generals knew that the matter was of great importance, so they divided their troops into two groups. Some rushed to the palace to report the news, while others went to capture Qiu Ming.

After being refused Gu Ling's pickled pork elbow and discovering that Gu Ling was missing, Qiu Ming soon disappeared from the recruit camp.

However, Gu Ling and Qiu Ming also had the task of doing miscellaneous tasks for Su Liang and could enter and leave the recruit camp at will. Therefore, when these two people were not around, the other recruits just thought they had gone to Su Liang's place and did not notice anything strange.

The general who led troops to arrest the man discovered that Qiu Ming was missing and immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the entire military camp!

The guards of the Forbidden Army are very tight, and it is difficult to break in or escape.

Just now a recruit whispered, "Han Su is gone too." Before he finished speaking, "Han Su" walked in carrying a wooden basin for washing, and the hair on his forehead was still slightly moist.

After everyone left, the recruit camp was noisy, everyone was guessing what Qiu Ming had done.

Gu Ling sat by the bed, holding a half-carved firefly puppet in his hand, frowning and saying nothing.



Su Liang thought of many ways, but failed to "calm down" Gao Jiabao. The poison was too difficult. In the end, she chose to knock Gao Jiabao unconscious and it took three blows before it worked.

The small courtyard was heavily guarded, but the room was quiet.

Su Liang squatted on the ground for too long and stood up suddenly, feeling dizzy. The sweat on his forehead condensed into beads and dripped to the ground.

She moved Gao Jiabao to the bed and went out to ask her to find a bundle of rope, because she didn't know when Gao Jiabao would wake up and the bed curtain was torn.

Forcing herself to calm down, Su Liang also thought of the purpose of the person behind the scenes. Let her go crazy and kill people. Even if she returns to normal afterwards, she will regret it for the rest of her life...

This method cannot be said to be cruel.

Taking a deep breath, Su Liang's eyes fell on Gao Jiabao again. She wanted to get rid of distracting thoughts. The first thing she needed to do was to detoxify him.



In the palace, Duanmu Yi's complexion changed drastically when he learned that the Forbidden Army had infiltrated spies and poisoned Su Liang's food.

After hearing the report that Su Liang was fine and that Gao Jiabao had eaten the food, Duanmu Yi breathed a sigh of relief and then asked Gao Jiabao how he was.

Knowing that Gao Jiabao had been controlled by Su Liang, she asked the imperial doctor to come over. Duanmu Yi ordered the old doctor Gao to choose someone to take him there.

Before anyone here has left, the person who came to report the arrest of the spy has arrived.

It was indeed Qiu Ming. His original plan was to take the opportunity to escape when Su Liang went on a killing spree and the army was in chaos. But things changed. Before he could escape, someone suddenly grabbed him by the back of the neck and hit him hard.

He went to a tree, passed out, and was quickly found.

Therefore, the report Duanmu Yi received was, "The spy fled in a hurry. It was difficult to see due to the darkness of the night, and he hit a tree and passed out."

From beginning to end, no one found that Gu Ling had anything to do with this matter.

Duanmu Yi ordered Qiu Ming to be sent to the prison. The Criminal Department interrogated him all night long, trying to pry open his mouth and find out who was behind the scenes.



Doctor Gao was already asleep when he suddenly received the news that his precious grandson had been poisoned in the military camp. He immediately felt dizzy.

By the time five old doctors, including Mrs. Gao, rushed to the Forbidden Army camp and saw Su Liang, it was already late at night.

Su Liang had people clean up the room briefly, but traces of the fight could still be seen.

Gao Jiabao has not yet woken up. There are four treasures of the study and a bunch of medicinal materials on the table. Su Liang is thinking hard about how to detoxify.

When Dr. Gao saw his grandson's appearance, his mood collapsed.

Su Liang helped him sit down next to him and told everyone about Gao Jiabao's symptoms to see if they had heard of or seen this kind of poison.

But those imperial doctors didn't know as much about poison as Su Liang, and they all said they had never heard of it.

"Is it possible that he will be fine when he wakes up tomorrow?" An imperial doctor frowned and said, "I remembered that the fifth prince went crazy for no reason before and returned to normal the next day, but I don't know if he was poisoned by a similar poison."

Su Liang had already thought of it. The abnormality caused by the fifth prince Duanmu Che was caused by her and Gu Ling's use of a poison called Xiaoyao Pill.

But it is different from the poison that Gao Jiabao was poisoned. Xiaoyao Pill only makes people go crazy, and there is not such a strong desire to attack others. Gao Jiabao seems to have turned into a murderous maniac after being poisoned. If Su Liang hadn't been by his side, he would have

With his martial arts skills, even those little soldiers can't even hope to survive if they get close to him.

"I don't know either." Su Liang shook his head.

The only thing that reassured Su Liang now was that Gu Ling didn't see the black mist between Qiu Ming's brows, nor did he see the black mist between Gao Jiabao's eyebrows. Therefore, it was certain that Gao Jiabao would not die within at least three days.

Before the imperial doctor came, Su Liang was studying the detoxification method based on Xiaoyao Pills.



Its daybreak.

Gu Ling carried the bucket and walked into Su Liang's yard.

The door was open, and at a glance she saw Su Liang talking to Dr. Gao with a tired expression.

Looking back, Gu Ling took the water to the kitchen, poured it into the water tank, and started to boil the water. From where he was, he could vaguely hear the sounds in the room.

Lin Bojun had breakfast as usual and came to the military camp with breakfast for Su Liang. Only then did he know that something happened last night and came over quickly.

"I'm fine. Seniors, I haven't slept all night. Please send someone to send them back, Brother Lin." Su Liang rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Gao Jiabao hasn't woken up yet. It doesn't look like his life is in danger for the time being. Before we detoxify him.

, I won’t do anything else. I will take him back to the city with me later. Brother Lin will take care of the arrangements for the new recruit training. If the emperor asks about it, I will explain it."

Lin Bojun sighed deeply, "Okay. The spy was sent to the prison for interrogation last night. If there is any news, I will let you know."

Lin Bojun arranged for people to escort several imperial doctors except Old Imperial Physician Gao back to the city. Su Liang simply packed up and prepared to leave with the Gao family's ancestors and grandsons.

"General Su, drink some hot water." Gu Ling appeared at the door, holding a teapot in his hand.

Su Liang then remembered that she had forgotten about him. She was leaving. She might come back after curing Gao Jiabao, or she might not come back to avoid causing trouble. She didn't know if Gu Ling would stay.

"Thank you." Su Liang took the teapot and asked again, "Did Qiu Ming feel strange before?"

Gu Ling shook his head, "I didn't find it."

Su Liang sighed slightly, "Okay, you can go back. I want to go back to the city, so you don't have to come to help me in the future."

"Yes." Gu Ling responded, turned and left.

Su Liang poured two glasses of water and gave one to Dr. Gao. He wanted to feed Gao Jiabao, but most of it was spilled.

Su Liang took a sip, and it was not hot. It was just the temperature of the water she usually drank, which restored some warmth to her body.



Su Liang left, and no one was in charge of the new recruit camp. When Lin Bojun freed up his hands and thought of arranging a coach for the new recruit camp, he received news that a new recruit was missing.

In view of Qiu Ming's incident, Lin Bojun attached great importance to it and immediately went to investigate.

It was found that the missing recruit's name was Han Su, and he was very close to Qiu Ming.

As a result, Han Su was suspected of being Qiu Ming's accomplice. Unfortunately, he ran away, and he could only confirm the matter by prying Qiu Ming's mouth open.

At this time, Su Liang had returned to the Su Mansion in the capital, and he did not know that Gu Ling had left the military camp.

She brought Gao Jiabao home. Doctor Gao didn't object, so she could only count on Su Liang to save Gao Jiabao.

Gao Jiabao woke up once when he first got home. Su Liang tied him up and gave him acupuncture. It worked and he fell asleep. But this was only treating the symptoms and not the root cause.

Xing Yusheng and Lin Xueqing, who have moved next door, are both here with Su Liang. They are mainly responsible for ensuring Su Liang's food.

Until the evening of that day, she still had no idea about the antidote Su Liang. Lin Bojun came to her door and told her that Han Su was missing.

Su Liang was stunned for a moment, "Just disappeared? Didn't do anything?"

Lin Bojun sighed, "Well, he didn't do anything, but he was most likely Qiu Ming's accomplice and escaped because he was afraid of being exposed. Now that I think about it, when they were selected to help you, they must have done something.

Yes! Otherwise it wouldn’t be such a coincidence!”

Su Liang nodded, "Probably."

"There is no progress at the Ministry of Punishment. Qiu Ming refuses to let go." Lin Bojun said, "No poison was found in his things. They must have been used up and there is no antidote."

"It is impossible for him to have an antidote, because he is just a puppet of the person behind the scenes." Su Liang shook his head.

Lin Bojun went to see Gao Jiabao and learned that Su Liang had not yet figured out a way to detoxify him. He frowned and said, "I believe you will find a way. Get some rest, otherwise you won't be able to bear it anymore."

"Yes!" Lin Xueqing came in with dinner, "Sister Su, eat something while it's hot, and then go to sleep for a while. Maybe you'll have a clue when you wake up!"

"Okay." Su Liang nodded. She really needed to get some sleep.

Lin Bojun left, and Su Liang had dinner alone. Thinking of Gu Ling, she didn't know where he was at the moment. Maybe he was at home, but it was hard to show up.

Lin Xueqing wanted to stay with Su Liang, but was persuaded by Xing Yusheng to leave. He felt that Su Liang needed his own space to think calmly.

But Xing Yusheng left Qi Jun to Su Liang. Su Liang did not refuse and asked Qi Jun to help take care of Gao Jiabao. If anything unusual happened, call her immediately.

Dr. Gao was old and couldn't bear it after staying up all night. Su Liang persuaded him to go home and ask him to come back tomorrow.

After washing up, Su Liang planned to take a nap before getting up.

A lamp was left outside, and Su Liang lay down and fell asleep quickly.

Gu Ling came in through the back window in a familiar manner. With the dim light coming from outside, he stood by the bed, looked at Su Liang's calm face, stretched out his hand, brushed it in the air, sighed inaudibly, and took back his hand.

, and left quietly.



The deepest part of the prison.

The sound of the whip hitting each prisoner's heart was frightening.

This is the most severe interrogation room in the prison, and the screams are for other prisoners to hear.

Qiu Ming was tied to a pillar, his flesh and blood were bruised, and there was no good skin on his body, but he gritted his teeth and refused to confess anything.

"Bring the pliers!" the official from the Criminal Department in charge of the interrogation said coldly.

Duanmu Yi issued a death order. If nothing can be asked, it means that the punishment department is incompetent.

There were dried blood stains on the rusty iron pliers. One person grabbed Qiu Ming's hair and raised his head, while the other person opened his mouth.

He watched in horror as the iron pliers approached and inserted into his mouth. The cold touch made him tremble all over. The next moment, accompanied by a shrill scream, his front teeth were pulled out!

"Tell me, who sent you here?"

Blood and water mixed with saliva flowed out. Qiu Ming's teeth chattered but he remained silent.

The interrogating officer snorted coldly and stretched out the pliers again.

Footsteps were heard not far away, and a jailer brought food and wine, "Master Fan, let's take a rest before interrogating."

The aroma of wine and meat hit him, and the interrogating official dropped the pliers in his hands, ordered the lock to be opened, and let the jailer in.

About a quarter of an hour later, everyone in the interrogation room who had eaten wine and food passed out and fell to the ground. The jailer waiting outside came in again.

Qiu Ming's eyes widened and he looked at the people approaching him in disbelief.

Soon, Qiu Ming was untied, and the jailer wrapped him in Master Fan's clothes, arranged his hair, held his head, and helped him out.

The passage in the sky jail was dark, and the jailer said, "Master Fan is drunk, I will send you back." He walked outside without any obstruction.

When someone discovers something unusual, the two of them will be released from the prison soon.

After a fight, some people were injured but no one died, and the jailer successfully escaped with Qiu Ming.

When the news reached the palace, Duanmu Yi was furious and scolded the punishment department as useless and ordered them to capture the spy and his accomplices!



Wangxiang Mountain outside the city.

Qiu Ming was thrown to the ground. His whole body was shaking with pain. When he opened his mouth, blood came out, "Who...are you..."

"It's me." The man pretending to be a jailer took off his outer clothes.

Hearing the voice of "Han Su", Qiu Ming's eyes widened, "You... who... are you?!"

"Coming from the north." Gu Ling said.

Qiu Ming blurted out, "North...Liangguo? Are you a craftsman sent by Liangguo?"

Gu Ling nodded slightly, "What about you? Are you from the south?"

Qiu Ming stared at him, without retorting, but asked, "You were the one who knocked me out last night, right? Why did you save me again tonight?"

Gu Ling did not deny it, "It's me. If you run away, I will be suspected. I saved you today because you were arrested, but I am still suspected. My identity cannot withstand the investigation, so I can only

Give up the mission and take the opportunity to escape."

"What is your mission? Why did you save me?" Qiu Ming asked coldly.

"My mission is to sneak into the palace and assassinate the man on the dragon throne." Gu Ling said, "Rescuing you is just a convenient job. After all, we are the same kind. My family members have been arrested. If I don't obey, they will

will die."

When Qiu Ming heard this, his expression was clearly touched, "We are indeed the same kind."

Gu Ling knew that he had guessed correctly. Qiu Ming would always mention his family before, and someone like him would be a spy. He was probably controlled by others, and his methods were not difficult to guess.

"The royal family of the Yan Kingdom?" Gu Ling asked.

Qiu Ming shook his head, "Even so, it's not..."

"You can tell me, I can help you. I also need your help." Gu Ling's voice was convincing and powerful.

After Qiu Ming was silent for a moment, he said two words, "Wu, Ya."

------Digression-----

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